Laura Kalbag

New year, new @Penpot :penpot: template: Typography design tokens starter kit!

Penpot Libraries & Templates | Typography design tokens starter kit

Build, share and choose your own plugins in Penpot.

Including 29 tokens, documentation, tips for use, and set up for a proportional typographic scale. Please let me know what you think of this template! And if you have any requests or suggestions for future/alternative versions. #penpot

For the hundredth time I’ve ended up with an unnecessary 1000 words on a complete tangent. And it came out so easily.

The good people at @Deque Systems have put my #axe-con presentation, Design for Everyone, live for all! (With captions and American Sign Language.) This is one of my favourite talks. It covers accessible and rights-respecting design, sort of a culmination of many of my other talks.

The next unit for the UI Design with @Penpot :penpot: course is now out! It’s Text & Typography, and I’m sorry I’m a bit late in telling you…

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Penpot UI Design Course

Learn user interface design core skills and techniques with this free 10-hour video course. From simple graphics to complex patterns and design sys...

Yesterday we had to say goodbye to my best friend, my fluffy shadow, my sweet grumpy companion of 13 years. Osky will always be the bestest boy. I miss him so much. Please give your dog friends extra tummy rubs and carrots from me.

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Practical UI Design with tokens | Penpot Hands-On Demo

LIVE: Thursday, June 26th. UTC 3-4 PM How can we really work day-to-day with Penpot design tokens? Join Laura Kalbag, educator, designer, and deve...

Developers: what do you always wish designers knew or did when you’re working together? Is there anything that really frustrates you? Something one designer did that made your work easier? I’m exploring some ideas for a talk, but as someone who does a bit of both design and frontend, I don’t have much insight into more separate roles…

If the house style is US English, but I’m speaking English with a British accent, should the captions and transcripts use US English or British English spelling?

Next week I’ll be doing a live @Penpot :penpot: hands-on demo covering advanced layouts with Flex. Are there any layouts you’ve struggled to create? Join me live or post an example in the post below and I’ll do my best to recreate it!

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Advanced Flex Layouts | Hands-on Demo, February 27th

Are you already familiar with Penpot’s Flex layouts? Let’s get advanced! Save the date for a new Hands-On Demo on Feb. 27th. @LauraKalbag, des...